US expected to send £1 billion in weapons to Ukraine before Trump takes office

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (Efrem Lukatsky/AP)

The United States is expected to announce that it will send 1.25 billion dollars (£1 billion) in military assistance to Ukraine, US officials said on Friday, as the Biden administration pushes to get as much aid to Kyiv as possible before leaving office on January 20.

The large package of aid includes a significant amount of munitions, including for the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems and the Hawk air defence system.